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I also find it quite unsurprising that people often times fail to mention that the WR's were so crappy that the Browns drafted a WR in both the first and second rounds of the draft.

Your postpones out some of my impressions last season. Conservative and repetitive calls were made offensively. Run between guards and we are behind on sticks. Weak results, didn't justify the number of times it was predictably called. Offensive myopia.

Trump says he’s ‘low-keying it’ on Iran: ‘It will work out’

President Trump said in a new interview he is “low-keying it” when it comes to the war with Iran as it nears its sixth month

“We are only semi-negotiating with them. We are just watching Iran with its huge inflation and the fact they have no money,” Trump told Axios on Sunday.

The president also said Tehran’s economy “is in very bad shape” and that the country cannot compensate its forces.

“It will work out. It always works out. It’s like a chess game,” Trump said of tension between the U.S. and Iran.

With the war against Iran approaching the half-year mark, the fighting is straining U.S. relations with historic allies, raising the price of oil and gas amid the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and polling recently as unpopular among Americans.

According to AAA, the average price of a gallon of regular gas in the U.S. was about $4.00 on Monday morning, with the average price being about $3.14 at this time last year.

Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, presented on Saturday his country’s key demands for the U.S. amid talks to reopen the strait. Iran and Oman have been taking part in discussions regarding the waterway.

Zolghadr in a message shared on state media pressed the U.S. to end its naval blockade in the strait, lift sanctions on Tehran and pay war reparations. He also demanded that the U.S. military withdraw from Iran and halt attacks on Tehran’s allies.

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6019744-donald-trump-iran-war-strategy/

New day, new story. And it isn't even Tuesday yet. This excursion/conflict/war, Trump has repeatedly said from the very beginning would end “pretty quickly,” “very soon” and “pretty much, the very near future.” That has now, six months later, evolved into "low keying" it.

Theodore Roosevelt did get approval from Congress. Congress appropriated $65,000 for the construction of the temporary executive office building (known today as the West Wing) as part of a larger $500,000 renovation and modernization of the White House led by the architectural firm McKim, Mead & White in 1902.


On his inaugural day in March 1909, President William Howard Taft secured an appropriation of $40,000 from Congress to double the size of the West Wing and construct the first dedicated Oval Office.


None of these were structural changes to the building.

A federal appeals court ruled that a president must get congressional approval to make major structural changes to the White House grounds.On August 7, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a 2-1 decision explicitly stating that the president lacks the unilateral authority to make drastic structural alterations to the property. The court clarified that existing constitutional and federal laws already require congressional authorization for such projects.

Nobody forgot. The Muslim religion didn't attack the twin towers. Would you like a list of people that Christians have killed? Have you seen how many innocent women and children Benjamin Netanyahu has murdered in Gaza? But you see, Benjamin Netanyahu is not the Jewish people or religion either. He is s politician in Israel. Seek help.

We have freedom of religion in this country. People who actually believe in the constitution don't attack other religions than their own. Somehow in your twisted brain you consider that support.

One would think you could at least place your posts in the right thread. But then again....

The fact that there is a quarterback battle alone is not a good thing.

I will probably watch way more college games than usual. I will try and watch all the top guys who are projected to be in the draft.

I hate losing. But it is probably best for the team to lose. See improvement from the players that should be the core of the team going forward would be nice.

Since I have no desire to see DW. I hope Shedeur plays well when given the chance. If somehow he excels it is like a dual edge sword.

That's why, even if one emerges this year and plays pretty well, I still want to draft a first round QB in 2027. We don't have a sustainable play caller on the roster right now. In 2007, Derek Anderson had one heckuva year.. but it wasn't real. That was his one season of glory. Even if Watson lights it up, he is gone in free agency. Even if Sanders plays above average, he is still what we have seen.. a lower tier QB. We need to catch lightning in a bottle and that typically comes from a first round grade (professional, not Mel Kiper) QB. There are going to be multiple in 2027, I believe. We need to get one...

#bIgTeNtPaRtEe

Remember 9/11. I do. Looks like many forgot.

Everybody wants to fill in the blank.

Who is going to be? IMO from this point on it is going to be game on. Not that it has not been but now all systems are on go.

They are preparing to play games and the offense is installed. Execution from the huddle till the end of the play is under the microscope.

Since most of us cannot attend we have to rely on what reporters are saying. Who knows if that is accurate or if it is what the coaches think?

In many ways this is awkward. I doubt that many are excited by either guy.

I am more curious than anything else. I wish my expectations were higher.

When you are starting a season and you don't know who is the starting quarterback. It feels like leaving home with no money.

I truly envy teams like Buffalo.

I'm expecting hiccups too but also / mainly due to progress being hampered by the lack of quality QB play.

I can't tell you why - I haven't watched a lot of Ravens games, and even if I had the playbook with Lamar is going to be very different than what we can try to implement - but I feel like Monken will take shots deep, if nothing more than to keep the D honest. That was one of my gripes with KS - he was conservative with play calling. I remember reading a deep breakdown (probably in the Athletic) on how many routes were 8 yards or under and how that compresses the D and lets CB's and LB's make quicker decisions on what their role/responsibility is. It **felt** like KS only started to try to go deep when we were chasing games.

Regardless of the success of the new offense early in the season I think it will interesting to see what we're trying to do and how we're trying to do it.

Well that may be - there are plenty of staunch old school Repoublicans who are aggressively anti-Trump. There are plenty of people who couldn't tell you what communism is vs facism that are aggressively anti-Trump.

That said - it's one more example of some idiot - in this case a high profile idiot - saying something dumb and then having "social media" present them as representing one side or the other. And then the muppets that get fed that in their echo chamber spamming the web with it. That's really the issue. But hey. All is fair in love and politics - Spread the S**t - that's what good fanboys do.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof

It's hilarious to see people claim to be Constitutionalists or even claim to respect the constitution and then support a POTUS who has virtually zero regard for the constitution.

Democrats supporting Muslims is hilariously ironic.

Theodore Roosevelt (1902): Built the West Wing to separate executive offices from the living quarters, utilizing existing funds and administrative authority.
William Howard Taft (1909): Expanded the West Wing and constructed the very first dedicated Oval Office.
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933–1942): Substantially overhauled the West Wing (adding a second floor and relocating the Oval Office) and later built the East Wing, partly tied to wartime security needs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1934): Built an indoor therapy pool in the West Terrace using $12,000 raised by a public fund
President Franklin D. Roosevelt did build an indoor pool in the White House in 1933 for his polio physical therapy, but it did not require a congressional appropriation because it was entirely funded by private donations through a public fundraising campaign. President Richard Nixon converted the space into the White House Press briefing room.
President Gerald Ford built an outdoor pool on the South Lawn in 1975, also financed via private donations.

Stephen Vogt has severely regressed in his pitcher selections.

He keeps pulling bullpen pitchers with 2 outs and the lead and the next pitcher responds by giving up runs.

Too many people think they're going to get a degree, then get a job sitting in front of a computer for 8 hours a day, maybe working from home 1-3 days a week, and making $80,000 a year. Truth? The trades. Plumber, electrician, road construction, etc. Might start at $50,000, but if your good, doesn't take long to move up. Young man I know: Had a baseball scholarship if he wanted it. Also, had a choice. He took the choice. He's now, when he might have been just graduating college............he's instead making $120,000 a year, and moving up.

But, he travels. (and I know many people that spend a week at a time away from home). He/they work in the heat, the cold, etc.

How timely, Fate. Bill Maher has Mike Rowe on his show. Can find the full clip but here is a snippet.


#NILF

Share? I'm not sure what you mean.

All I can surmise is that, apparently, Watson looked better with the number 1 with pads than Sanders. I'm not sure how that is a surprise to anyone (not saying you are). Monken might like Watson more than Sanders so far. The turn on the dime to replace Watson with Sanders for first team reps tends to indicate that. But we'll see.

Personally, I saw Sanders last year....he was absolutely terrible. Blame him. Blame the OL. Blame Stefanski. I don't care. He was bad. He was one of the worst QBs in 2025 right next to Gabriel. I get it, they were both rookies...there is a window to improve. But, I think there is higher upside with Watson than Sanders. The highest probability is we look for a QB in the 2027 draft but if there is anyone to upend that strategy, it is Watson. Not Sanders.

We'll see if I am wrong.

He misled us more than once, lies and exaggeration. I am willing to be the bigger guy and let him make up the difference out of his own pocket for all stated shortfalls. Sell that chainsaw!

Memphis, share what happened to cause that, please. I want to get a feel about what what Monken likes, the metric moving this bar.